Plot
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 5.4/10 (1,208 voted)
Director:Robert Schwentke
Storyline
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Trivia: Jodie Foster was considered for the role of Procter. See more »
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Rating: 4/10
Eh.
Listen, if you've seen any of the Men In Black movies, then there's no
need to see this, because it's basically THE SAME DAMN MOVIE. Swap Will
Smith and Tommy Lee Jones out for Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, swap
aliens for ghosts/undeads, update the CGI a bit, replace a few letters
from the title, and you have R.I.P.D. It's as close to a blatant
rip-off as you can get without naming this "M.I.B. 4".
"But D, Men in Black is such a great movie, wouldn't that make this one
good, even if it's just a copy?"
No, and here's why: the execution. You can have the New England
Patriots' entire playbook, but it don't mean a thing if you don't have
Tom Brady running the plays. (Being a Giants fan, I gave myself a
little chuckle with that analogy...lol) Ryan Reynolds is witty enough,
but he's not Will Smith. Jeff Bridges is great, but this script isn't
strong enough, and even he starts to lose his appeal towards the end.
Oh, by the way, did you know Kevin Bacon is in this? Neither did I! Why
is that? Have we reached a point in our world where we officially hate
this guy to the point where we avoid telling you that he's in the film?
I thought he was on a comeback since his show on FOX was doing
well...strange. For what it's worth, he plays a solid villain, but he
can only do so much with this script.
Graphics are nice, but 3D is largely unnecessary. The action is OK, but
even the guns feel like a M.I.B. rip-off. There really aren't any
strong points to talk about with this movie...nothing that justifies
shelling out hard-earned $$$, especially when Pacific Rim is still out
there.
R.I.P.D. scores a 2 out of 5 on The BDBOS. Don't waste your time.
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